Menendez Pleads Not Guilty to New Charges
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) “pleaded not guilty Monday to obstruction charges contained in a new federal indictment filed in Manhattan that added to the bribery and corruption charges he already faced,” ABC News reports.
Court Revives Charges Against New York Lt. Gov
“A federal appeals court on Friday revived corruption charges against former Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin of New York, saying prosecutors had sufficiently demonstrated a plan to funnel $50,000 in state money to a now-deceased developer in exchange for campaign contributions,” the New York Times reports.
Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bribing Robert Menendez
“Jose Uribe, a former New Jersey insurance broker charged in what prosecutors have described as a broad bribery scheme involving Sen. Robert Menendez, pleaded guilty on Friday in Manhattan,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Uribe had been accused of providing Nadine Menendez, the senator’s wife, with a Mercedes-Benz in exchange for Mr. Menendez’s efforts to intercede in an insurance-fraud investigation in New Jersey.”
Ex-GOP Lawmaker Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges
As federal prosecutors were preparing to rest their case in the corruption trial of former Illinois state Sen. Sam McCann (R), the one-time gubernatorial candidate had a change of heart, Capitol News Illinois reports.
McCann reversed his position of innocence he’s held since being indicted three years ago and plead guilty on all counts.
Every Politician Has Got to Have a Hit Man
New York Times Magazine: “A Republican state lawmaker devised a bribery scheme that ended in a trial and a death — and showed why corruption has become harder to prosecute.”
Menendez and His Wife Want Separate Trials
“Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were both charged last fall in a broad federal corruption case in which they were accused of accepting cash and gold bribes,” the New York Times reports.
“Now their marriage itself is the centerpiece of a new legal argument.”
“Both Mr. and Ms. Menendez are seeking to split their case and have separate trials.”
Menendez Faces a New Charge
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) — “already accused of using his political influence to benefit Egypt — was newly charged on Tuesday with using his power to help the government of Qatar,” the New York Times report.
“Mr. Menendez was charged by federal prosecutors with accepting bribes from Fred Daibes, a prominent New Jersey developer, in exchange for the senator’s help securing financial backing from an investment fund with ties to the Qatari government.”
Gold Bars in Menendez Home Linked to Businessman
“At least four gold bars found in the FBI search of Sen. Robert Menendez’s home had been directly linked to a New Jersey businessman now accused of bribing the state’s senior senator, Bergen County prosecutor records from a 2013 robbery case show,” NBC New York reports.
“The businessman, Fred Daibes, reported to police he was the victim of an armed robbery in 2013, and he asked police recover the gold bars stolen from him. In the 2013 robbery, Daibes reported $500,000 in cash and 22 gold bars were stolen, Edgewater police records show. Police later caught four suspects with the stolen goods…”
“A decade later, the FBI said it found four gold bars with unique serial numbers in the Clifton home of Menendez and his wife Nadine.”
FBI Probe Into Eric Adams Focused on Campaign Money
“The FBI investigation into Mayor Eric Adams is focused on campaign money, favors and possible foreign influence,” CNN reports.
“Adams has a long and proud relationship with the Turkish-American community of New York City, and he has made a half a dozen trips to Turkey. The FBI is also looking into those trips and one of the locations searched on November 2 was the residence of an executive from Turkish Airlines.”
“The FBI, the sources said, is also looking into contacts with Turkish government officials in New York and in Turkey to determine if a foreign government used a web of businessmen and Turkish expats to curry favor with Adams to further Turkey’s business interests in New York – or even develop a long-term alliance with an American politician who has made no secret about having further political ambitions, including the White House.”
FBI Probes Eric Adams’s Mayoral Campaign
“Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are conducting a broad public corruption investigation into whether Mayor Eric Adams’s 2021 election campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive illegal foreign donations,” according to a search warrant obtained by the New York Times.
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Menendez Corruption Trial Set for May 6
A federal judge on Monday scheduled the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife Nadine on bribery and corruption charges to begin May 6, 2024, CNBC reports.
Old School Bribery
Charlie Sykes: “There’s something almost nostalgic about reading the indictment against New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez. By which I mean clownishly nostalgic, because it’s a throwback to an age when our corrupt politicians were old-school crooks, and frankly, rather stupid. There are no seven-levels of separation influence-peddling, no elaborate shell-companies or conspiracies.”
“What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is a throwback — a house full of gold bars, envelopes stuffed with cash ($480,000), and a shiny new Mercedes parked in the garage. A slightly modern twist: DNA linking all of this boodle to the guys who paid cash for their own U.S. senator.”
Menendez Says Cash in Envelopes Was for Emergencies
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) “defiantly pushed back against federal corruption charges and the erosion of Democratic support in his home state Monday, saying cash authorities found in his home was from his savings account and on hand for emergencies,” the AP reports.
Said Menendez: “Now, this may seem old-fashioned, but these were moneys drawn from my personal savings account based on the income that I have lawfully derived over those 30 years.”
Bob Menendez Hires Same Lawyer as Hunter Biden
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has tapped Abbe Lowell, the same attorney defending Hunter Biden against his tax and firearm charges, to represent him in his federal bribery case, Law 360 reports.
New Jersey Democrats Mull Cutting Menendez Loose
“The explosive indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez has forced an urgent decision on New Jersey Democrats: Stick with a powerful senator who’s survived corruption ordeals before and is known for punishing disloyalty, or cut their losses and protect what should be a safe Democratic seat,” Politico reports.
“A year before Menendez is up for reelection, they’re leaning hard towards the latter.”
“While Democrats stay publicly silent, interviews with half a dozen well-placed Democratic operatives, advisers and staffers show a party stunned by the level of alleged corruption and hard-pressed to imagine a scenario in which the party backs Menendez for another term. But the fact that no one was willing to criticize him on the record in the face of such damning allegations may be reason to question whether state Democrats will ultimately force a reckoning with Menendez over his political future.”
Menendez Indicted
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife have been indicted on charges of bribery.
CNBC: “The indictment says that the Democrat Menendez and his wife from at least 2018 through 2022 accepted ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for using Menendez’s power and influence as Senator’ to benefit the men and Egypt.”
“Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value.”
New York Times: “The indictment is almost certain to resound in Washington and in New Jersey.”
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